# 異

| 異 | U+7570, &#30064; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7570 |
| ← 畯 [U+756F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 畱 → [U+7571] |
| 異 | U+F962, &#63842; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F962 |
| ← 率 [U+F961] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 北 → [U+F963] |
| 異 | U+2F938, &#194872; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F938 |
| ← 𤲒 [U+2F937] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 𢆟 → [U+2F939] |

## Translingual
### Han character

異 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田廿金 (WTC), four-corner 6080$_1$, composition ⿱田共)
* Shuowen Jiezi radical №65

#### Derived characters

* 𭊈, 𡠲, 潩, 𣄗, 𣚣, 熼, 𥛴, 禩, 穓, 𧝀, 𦒖, 𦔜, 𧑌, 𬢄, 趩, 𨅜, 𤳧, 𩞫, 龭(𩨎), 𩴜, 𬵫
* 𭅂, 𬏖, 𬏘, 𤴏, 𤲲, 𰣎, 𪒕, 兾, 𡐢, 䔬, 𫣭, 冀, 冀, 糞, 翼, 𤳓, 𨾂, 霬, 𩙺
* 𠪙, 廙, 𤺆, 𧇽, 𢎑, 𢨇, 戴, 戴, 𢨚, 𢨞, 㔴, 𭍭
* 𢹢, 𪻌, 𥣢, 𩦸

#### Related characters

* 异 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 763, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21866
* Dae Jaweon: page 1173, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2540, character 5
* Unihan data for U+7570
* Unihan data for U+F962
* Unihan data for U+2F938

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 異 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 禩 | *ljɯʔ |
| 異 | *lɯɡs |
| 潩 | *lɯɡs, *lɯɡ |
| 廙 | *lɯɡs, *lɯɡ |
| 趩 | *l̥ʰɯɡ |
| 瀷 | *l̥ʰjɯɡ, *lɯɡ |
| 翼 | *lɯɡ |
| 熼 | *lɯɡ |
Ideogram (指事) – a man with a mask (田) over his face. Possible interpretations:
* Strange, bizarre — "uncommon".
* Different face — "different".
Compare 鬼 (“demon”), where the 田 also derives from a face or a mask. Compare also 禺, in which the top component represents either a mask or a monkey's face.
Alternatively, may be a pictogram (象形) of a person carrying something on his head, the original form of 戴 (“to carry on the head”).
Modern form is graphically 田 + 共, though this is not the etymology.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yì (yi$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yi$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ji$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yi$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ê
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ī / īⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): i$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yì
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yì
*** Wade–Giles: i$^4$
*** Yale: yì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
*** Palladius: и (i)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yi$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: i
*** Sinological IPA : /i²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^6$
*** Yale: yih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi
*** Hakka Romanization System: i
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /i⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)i
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /i⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ê
*** Sinological IPA : /ɛi²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ī
*** Tâi-lô: ī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: i
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /i³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /i²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: īⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: īnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: vi
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ĩ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ĩ²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: i$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /i³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yi
*** MiniDict: yi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦi²³/
* Middle Chinese: yiH
Rime :
| Character | 異 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 羊吏切 |
| Baxter | yiH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jɨ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ie$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /iə$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭə$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ji$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢ(r)ək-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*lɯɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 異 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yi$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢ(r)ək-s/ |
| English | different |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 異 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15102 |
| Phonetic component | 異 |
| Rime group | 代 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 異 |
| Old Chinese | /*lɯɡs/ |
| Notes | 金文異象雙手護住頭所頂物爲戴翼初文 |

### Definitions

異
* different; other
* uncommon; unusual; special; strange; surprising
* to distinguish; to separate
* (chemistry) iso- (forms terms relating to isomers)
* (sex) hetero-; straight
    異男／异男 ― yìnán ― straight man
* (Hakka) quite; very
    異好／异好 [Meixian Hakka] ― yi$^4$ hau$^3$ [Hakka Transliteration Scheme] ― very good

#### Synonyms

* (different): 殊 (shū), 差 (chā)
* (unusual): 奇 (qí), 怪 (guài)
* (very):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 甚, 孔 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 很, 非常, 十分 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 很 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 很, 蠻, 非常 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 挺, 楞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 很 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 很, 好 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 很 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蠻, 很 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蠻, 稀, 很 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 很 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 好, 非常之 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 好 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 好, 十分之 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 好 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 好 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 好, 非常之, 非常 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 好 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 好 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 頂 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 好 |
| Hakka | Changting | 野 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 已, 刮 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 樣 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 好 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蓋, 盡, 還 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 當, 盡, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 足, 真, 實在 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 好 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 好 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 很 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 好 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 很, 挺 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 盡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 野, 真 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 真 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 真 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 真 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 野 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 真, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 有夠, 足, 誠, 盡 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 誠, 蓋, 足 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 足, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 真, 誠, 真正 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 過, 好, 非常, 死爸 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 好, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 好, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 過, 好, 死爸, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 真, 死爸, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 極, 但顧, 真 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 但顧 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 但顧, 真 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 但顧, 真 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 好, 蠻 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蠻, 窮 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蠻, 蒙, 顯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 很, 蠻 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蠻 |

#### Antonyms

* 同 (tóng, “same”)

### Compounds

* 不異 / 不异
* 乖異 / 乖异
* 互異 / 互异
* 人殊意異 / 人殊意异 (rén shū yì yì)
* 伐異黨同 / 伐异党同
* 個別差異 / 个别差异
* 傳聞異辭 / 传闻异辞
* 優異 / 优异 (yōuyì)
* 兩性差異 / 两性差异
* 別異 / 别异
* 功同賞異 / 功同赏异
* 卓異 / 卓异 (zhuóyì)
* 同工異曲 / 同工异曲 (tónggōngyìqǔ)
* 同工異調 / 同工异调
* 同床異夢 / 同床异梦 (tóngchuángyìmèng)
* 各懷異心 / 各怀异心
* 吒異 / 吒异
* 同異 / 同异 (tóngyì)
* 各異其趣 / 各异其趣
* 同聲異俗 / 同声异俗
* 同門異戶 / 同门异户
* 嗟異 / 嗟异
* 因人而異 / 因人而异 (yīnrén'éryì)
* 堅白同異 / 坚白同异
* 大同小異 / 大同小异 (dàtóngxiǎoyì)
* 大放異彩 / 大放异彩 (dàfàngyìcǎi)
* 大放異采
* 大異其趣 / 大异其趣
* 奇人異士 / 奇人异士
* 奇山異水 / 奇山异水
* 奇才異能 / 奇才异能
* 奇珍異寶 / 奇珍异宝 (qízhēnyìbǎo)
* 奇珍異物 / 奇珍异物
* 奇異 / 奇异 (qíyì)
* 奇異果 / 奇异果 (qíyìguǒ)
* 奇異墨水 / 奇异墨水
* 奇花異卉 / 奇花异卉
* 奇花異果 / 奇花异果
* 奇花異草 / 奇花异草 (qíhuāyìcǎo)
* 奇葩異卉 / 奇葩异卉
* 奇裝異服 / 奇装异服 (qízhuāngyìfú)
* 奇謀異策 / 奇谋异策
* 奇蹤異跡 / 奇踪异迹
* 奇風異俗 / 奇风异俗
* 妖異 / 妖异
* 寵異 / 宠异
* 尤異 / 尤异 (yóuyì)
* 崖異 / 崖异
* 差異 / 差异 (chāyì)
* 差異法 / 差异法
* 幽明異路 / 幽明异路
* 幽顯異途 / 幽显异途
* 怪異 / 怪异 (guàiyì)
* 怫異 / 怫异
* 手足異處 / 手足异处
* 打擊異己 / 打击异己
* 拔新領異 / 拔新领异
* 探奇窮異 / 探奇穷异
* 排斥異己 / 排斥异己
* 探異玩奇 / 探异玩奇
* 攻乎異端 / 攻乎异端
* 日新月異 / 日新月异 (rìxīnyuèyì)
* 時異事殊 / 时异事殊
* 時異勢殊 / 时异势殊
* 時移世異 / 时移世异
* 本同末異 / 本同末异
* 末異 / 末异
* 朱陸異同 / 朱陆异同
* 標同伐異 / 标同伐异
* 標奇立異 / 标奇立异
* 標新取異 / 标新取异
* 標新立異 / 标新立异 (biāoxīnlìyì)
* 標新領異 / 标新领异
* 步伐異常 / 步伐异常
* 歧異 / 歧异 (qíyì)
* 殊勛異績 / 殊勋异绩
* 殊方異域 / 殊方异域
* 殊方異類 / 殊方异类
* 殊滋異味 / 殊滋异味
* 殊異 / 殊异 (shūyì)
* 毫無異義 / 毫无异义
* 求同存異 / 求同存异 (qiútóngcúnyì)
* 求新立異 / 求新立异
* 流落異鄉 / 流落异乡
* 清異錄 / 清异录
* 源殊派異 / 源殊派异
* 災異 / 灾异 (zāiyì)
* 炫異爭奇 / 炫异争奇
* 無異 / 无异 (wúyì)
* 無異議 / 无异议
* 爭奇鬥異 / 争奇斗异
* 特異 / 特异 (tèyì)
* 特異功能 / 特异功能 (tèyì gōngnéng)
* 獨持異議 / 独持异议
* 珍異 / 珍异
* 珍禽異獸 / 珍禽异兽 (zhēnqínyìshòu)
* 珍羞異饌 / 珍羞异馔
* 瑰異 / 瑰异
* 甄奇錄異 / 甄奇录异
* 異乎尋常 / 异乎寻常 (yìhūxúncháng)
* 異事 / 异事 (yìshì)
* 異人 / 异人 (yìrén)
* 異代 / 异代
* 異位產式 / 异位产式
* 異俗 / 异俗
* 異動 / 异动 (yìdòng)
* 異化 / 异化 (yìhuà)
* 異化作用 / 异化作用 (yìhuà zuòyòng)
* 異卉奇花 / 异卉奇花
* 異口同聲 / 异口同声 (yìkǒutóngshēng)
* 異口同辭 / 异口同辞
* 異口同音 / 异口同音
* 異同 / 异同 (yìtóng)
* 異名 / 异名 (yìmíng)
* 異味 / 异味 (yìwèi)
* 異國 / 异国 (yìguó)
* 異國情調 / 异国情调 (yìguó qíngdiào)
* 異圖 / 异图
* 異地 / 异地 (yìdì)
* 異地相逢 / 异地相逢
* 異域 / 异域 (yìyù)
* 異士奇人 / 异士奇人
* 異夢離心 / 异梦离心
* 異姓 / 异姓 (yìxìng)
* 異客 / 异客 (yìkè)
* 異寶奇珍 / 异宝奇珍
* 異己 / 异己 (yìjǐ)
* 異常 / 异常 (yìcháng)
* 異常行為 / 异常行为
* 異形 / 异形 (yìxíng)
* 異形葉 / 异形叶
* 異形詞 / 异形词 (yìxíngcí)
* 異形配子 / 异形配子
* 異彩 / 异彩 (yìcǎi)
* 異心 / 异心 (yìxīn)
* 異志 / 异志 (yìzhì)
* 異性 / 异性 (yìxìng)
* 異想天開 / 异想天开 (yìxiǎngtiānkāi)
* 異態 / 异态
* 異戊橡膠 / 异戊橡胶
* 異才 / 异才 (yìcái)
* 異政殊俗 / 异政殊俗
* 異教 / 异教 (yìjiào)
* 異數 / 异数
* 異文 / 异文
* 異方 / 异方
* 異族 / 异族 (yìzú)
* 異日 / 异日 (yìrì)
* 異時 / 异时
* 異景 / 异景
* 異曲同工 / 异曲同工 (yìqǔtónggōng)
* 異書 / 异书
* 異服 / 异服
* 異木奇花 / 异木奇花
* 異構 / 异构 (yìgòu)
* 異樣 / 异样 (yìyàng)
* 異母 / 异母 (yìmǔ)
* 異母兄弟 / 异母兄弟 (yìmǔ xiōngdì)
* 異派同源 / 异派同源
* 異營性 / 异营性
* 異爨 / 异爨
* 異父 / 异父
* 異物 / 异物 (yìwù)
* 異特龍 / 异特龙
* 異狀 / 异状
* 異用字 / 异用字 (yìyòngzì)
* 異畛 / 异畛
* 異相 / 异相
* 異稟 / 异禀 (yìbǐng)
* 異種 / 异种 (yìzhǒng)
* 異端 / 异端 (yìduān)
* 異端邪說 / 异端邪说
* 異聞 / 异闻 (yìwén)
* 異聞傳說 / 异闻传说
* 異能 / 异能 (yìnéng)
* 異花傳粉 / 异花传粉
* 異苑 / 异苑
* 異苔同岑 / 异苔同岑
* 異草 / 异草
* 異草奇花 / 异草奇花
* 異言 / 异言 (yìyán)
* 異詞 / 异词
* 異說 / 异说 (yìshuō)
* 異論 / 异论
* 異議 / 异议 (yìyì)
* 異讀 / 异读 (yìdú)
* 異變 / 异变
* 異質 / 异质 (yìzhì)
* 異趣 / 异趣
* 異路同歸 / 异路同归
* 異軌 / 异轨
* 異軍特起 / 异军特起
* 異軍突起 / 异军突起 (yìjūntūqǐ)
* 異途同歸 / 异途同归 (yìtútóngguī)
* 異道 / 异道
* 異邦 / 异邦 (yìbāng)
* 異鄉 / 异乡 (yìxiāng)
* 異鄉人 / 异乡人
* 異配生殖 / 异配生殖
* 異采 (yìcǎi)
* 異重流 / 异重流
* 異類 / 异类 (yìlèi)
* 異類之人 / 异类之人
* 異類對 / 异类对
* 異香 / 异香
* 異香撲鼻 / 异香扑鼻
* 異香異氣 / 异香异气
* 異香襲人 / 异香袭人
* 異體 / 异体 (yìtǐ)
* 異體字 / 异体字 (yìtǐzì)
* 相異 / 相异 (xiāngyì)
* 睽異 / 睽异
* 矜奇立異 / 矜奇立异
* 矯情立異 / 矫情立异
* 神異 / 神异 (shényì)
* 稱奇道異 / 称奇道异
* 稱異 / 称异
* 穎異 / 颖异 (yǐngyì)
* 立異 / 立异 (lìyì)
* 納奇錄異 / 纳奇录异
* 絕域異方 / 绝域异方
* 罕異 / 罕异
* 考異 / 考异 (kǎoyì)
* 聊齋志異 / 聊斋志异
* 臉色有異 / 脸色有异
* 茂才異等 / 茂才异等
* 薰蕕異器 / 薰莸异器
* 衒異 / 衒异
* 見異思遷 / 见异思迁 (jiànyìsīqiān)
* 訝異 / 讶异 (yàyì)
* 詭狀異形 / 诡状异形
* 詭異 / 诡异 (guǐyì)
* 詫異 / 诧异 (chàyì)
* 誅鋤異己 / 诛锄异己
* 變異 / 变异 (biànyì)
* 豐神異彩 / 丰神异彩
* 貌同實異 / 貌同实异
* 賞同罰異 / 赏同罚异
* 趨舍異路 / 趋舍异路
* 身首異處 / 身首异处 (shēnshǒuyìchù)
* 迥異 / 迥异 (jiǒngyì)
* 述異記 / 述异记
* 逞異誇能 / 逞异夸能
* 邪說異端 / 邪说异端
* 部執異論 / 部执异论
* 雌雄異株 / 雌雄异株
* 雌雄異體 / 雌雄异体
* 離異 / 离异 (líyì)
* 雲泥異路 / 云泥异路
* 靈異 / 灵异 (língyì)
* 非我族類，其心必異 / 非我族类，其心必异 (fēiwǒzúlèi, qíxīnbìyì)
* 非異人任 / 非异人任 (fēiyìrénrèn)
* 頭足異所 / 头足异所
* 頭足異處 / 头足异处
* 食不異肉 / 食不异肉
* 首足異處 / 首足异处
* 駭異 / 骇异
* 驚奇駭異 / 惊奇骇异
* 驚異 / 惊异 (jīngyì)
* 骨肉離異 / 骨肉离异
* 黨同伐異 / 党同伐异 (dǎngtóngfáyì)

### References

* “異”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 異 |
| Kyūjitai | 異󠄂 異+&#xE0102; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* different, other, hetero-
* uncommon, special
* curious, odd

#### Readings

* Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)
* Kun: こと (koto, 異, Jōyō)、ことなる (kotonaru, 異なる)、あやしい (ayashii, 異しい)、あやしむ (ayashimu, 異しむ)
* Nanori: こと (koto)、より (yori)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 異
* い Grade: 6
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 異 (MC yiH). Compare modern Mandarin 異 / 异 (yì, /i⁵¹/), Cantonese 異 / 异 (ji$^6$, /jiː²²/).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) い [íꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [i]

#### Noun

異(い) • (i)
* (literary) difference
* (Buddhism) change or disease, one of the four states or avasthā

#### Adjective

異(い) • (i) -na (adnominal 異(い)な (i na), adverbial 異(い)に (i ni))
* (literary) strange; unusual

##### Inflection

Stem forms :
| Imperfective (未然形) | 異だろ | いだろ | i daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 異で | いで | i de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 異だ | いだ | i da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 異な | いな | i na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 異なら | いなら | i nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 異であれ | いであれ | i de are |
| Key constructions ||||
| Informal negative | 異ではない 異じゃない | いではない いじゃない | i de wa nai i ja nai |
| Informal past | 異だった | いだった | i datta |
| Informal negative past | 異ではなかった 異じゃなかった | いではなかった いじゃなかった | i de wa nakatta i ja nakatta |
| Formal | 異です | いです | i desu |
| Formal negative | 異ではありません 異じゃありません | いではありません いじゃありません | i de wa arimasen i ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 異でした | いでした | i deshita |
| Formal negative past | 異ではありませんでした 異じゃありませんでした | いではありませんでした いじゃありませんでした | i de wa arimasen deshita i ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 異で | いで | i de |
| Conditional | 異なら（ば） | いなら（ば） | i nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 異だったら | いだったら | i dattara |
| Volitional | 異だろう | いだろう | i darō |
| Adverbial | 異に | いに | i ni |
| Degree | 異さ | いさ | isa |

#### Affix

異(い) • (i)
* different
* strange; unusual; extraordinary; excellent
* aberrant
* other; another

##### Derived terms

* 異(い)義(ぎ) (igi)
* 異(い)議(ぎ) (igi)
* 異(い)教(きょう) (ikyō)
* 異(い)郷(きょう) (ikyō)
* 異(い)境(きょう) (ikyō)
* 異(い)才(さい) (isai)
* 異(い)彩(さい) (isai)
* 異(い)種(しゅ) (ishu)
* 異(い)趣(しゅ) (ishu)
* 異(い)状(じょう) (ijō)
* 異(い)常(じょう) (ijō)
* 異(い)色(しょく) (ishoku)
* 異(い)人(じん) (ijin): foreigner, stranger
* 異(い)国(こく)人(じん) (ikokujin): foreigner, stranger
* 異(い)相(そう) (isō)
* 異(い)俗(ぞく) (izoku)
* 異(い)存(ぞん) (izon)
* 異(い)端(たん) (itan)
* 異(い)途(と) (ito)
* 異(い)同(どう) (idō)
* 異(い)動(どう) (idō)
* 異(い)物(ぶつ) (ibutsu)
* 異(い)母(ぼ) (ibo)
* 異(い)邦(ほう) (ihō): foreign country
* 異(い)邦(ほう)人(じん) (ihōjin): foreigner, stranger
* 異(い)様(よう) (iyō)
* 異(い)例(れい) (irei)
* 変(へん)異(い) (hen'i)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 異
* こと Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 殊

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ko̞to̞]

#### Noun

異(こと) • (koto)
* difference; (prefixed to nouns) different; other

### References

* ↑ “異”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [i]
* Phonetic hangul: [이]

#### Hanja

異 (eumhun 다를 이 (dareul i))
* hanja form of 이 (“different; unusual”)

##### Compounds

* 기이 (奇異, gii)
* 이교 (異敎, igyo)
* 이단 (異端, idan)
* 이상 (異常, isang)
* 이성 (異性, iseong)
* 이체자 (異體字, icheja)
* 차이 (差異, chai)

### Etymology 2
#### Hanja

異 (eum 리 (ri))
* Only used in certain placenames.

##### Usage notes

The reading 리 (ri) in certain placenames such as 지리산 (智異山, Jirisan) is caused by 활음조 현상 (滑音調 現像, hwareumjo hyeonsang, “euphony”) which altered the original sound from 이 (i) to 리 (ri). This concept (ease of pronunciation) is closely related to the initial sound law 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik) in South Korea.

##### Compounds

* 지리산 (智異山, Jirisan)

### References

* ↑ 7 April 2019, 한글 맞춤법 6장 1절 52항: 동일한 한자어가 어떤 경우에는 본음으로 나고 어떤 경우에는 속음으로 날 때, 속음으로 나는 것은 속음으로 적는다. ‘異’의 본음은 ‘이’이나 ‘智異山’에서 속음인 '리'로 소리가 나므로 ‘지리산’으로 적는다.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

異: Hán Việt readings: dị (以(dĩ)智(trí)切(thiết)), di
異: Nôm readings: dị
* chữ Hán form of dị (“dissimilar; bizarre; unusual”).

#### Compounds

* 異端 (dị đoan)

### References

* 1 2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* 1 2 Bonet (1899).
* 1 2 Génibrel (1898).
* ↑ Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).